Democrats planning to be on tonight’s call with Gov. Phil Murphy to hear him out on the budget impasse with legislative leadership in his own party can get a preview of the governor’s resolve in this press conference just ended…Read more

Above: We hear Sweeney’s getting his budget advice from Chris Christie. Clarification: The letter was sent to Sweeney, Speaker Coughlin and the Governor, and copies went to every Democratic legislator and county chair. But it’s addressed to Sweeney. – REE…Read more

Welcoming back Blue Jersey alum Brian, anytime he shows up. Promoted by Rosi. My first year in college was quite the, I guess, on-the-spot civics lesson. Due to several events that happened that year (2011), I became a rare millennial…Read more

This afternoon Charlie Stile was a call-in guest on Curtis Sliwa’s drive-time show on 77 WABC Radio. Sliwa called Charlie at Yankee Stadium, where he happened to be today, to talk about Chris Christie’s spectacular public relations bellyflop on the…Read more

Is it the beginning of the end? Or the end of the beginning? We hear there’s a deal to solidify a 2018 New Jersey Budget and deal with the roadblock Gov. Christie has placed in the way, his personal beef with Horizon….Read more

UPDATE: The NJ Senate is now in session, the Assembly (scheduled for 2pm) is still Pending. Watch. UPDATE2: Senate’s on break, waiting for the Assembly. Link above, refresh often. It’s impossible to watch this budget stalemate play out and not see…Read more

As the chart below clearly shows, there is a strong correlation between the per capita consumption of mozzarella cheese and the number of civil engineering doctorates awarded. No one doubts that the better educated our civil engineers are, the safer…Read more

Promoted by Rosi In early 2015, as part of the Department of Education’s Study Commission on the use of Student Assessments in NJ, 223 citizens of New Jersey delivered public testimony on high stakes testing. The testimony gathered as part of a listening tour and…Read more